Pancreatitis

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is located behind the stomach, approximately in the midline of the body. It produces digestive enzymes and the hormone insulin.

Causes of pancreatitis:

1. Gallstone disease (swelling of the bile duct compresses the pancreatic duct)

2. Germination of a gastric or duodenal ulcer into the pancreas

3. Alcohol abuse

4. Unclear reasons

Symptoms:

1. Pain in the epigastric region, worsens after eating, can radiate to the back

2. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea with mucus and undigested food

3. Loss of appetite and rapid weight loss

4. Fever

Acute pancreatitis requires urgent hospitalization. It can become chronic with periodic exacerbations.

Treatment:

1. For acute pancreatitis - hospitalization, antibiotics, diet

2. In chronic cases - a diet with limited fat, enzyme preparations, sometimes surgery

3. Prevention - prevention of causative diseases, avoidance of alcohol

Pancreatitis is a disease in which the pancreas becomes inflamed, which can impair its ability to produce digestive enzymes. Exacerbation usually occurs under the simultaneous influence of many factors:

On the condition of the biliary tract, an organ important for maintaining normal digestion; Pathology can occur in the form of an acute attack and a chronic process, the last two variants of the disease differ in duration and degree of manifestation; With a long period of no treatment for inflammation, the tissue of the organ itself is destroyed and difficulties arise in the functioning of the body; Medical classification suggests

Pancreatitis (from ancient Greek πάγος - “bubble” and ἐντέρα - intestines; inflammation of the pancreas) is a syndrome characterized by a number of clinical, morphological and biochemical disorders caused by an inflammatory, dystrophic or dysplastic process in the pancreas, a violation of exocrine function in the form exocrine pancreatitis, polycystic glands, loss of acinar cells or insufficiency of synthesis and secretion of digestive enzymes and occurring in most cases with pain and enlargement of the organ - pancreatic syndrome.